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Venture capitalist testifies in Silicon Valley sex bias suithttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391184-venture-capitalist-testifies-silicon-valley-sex-bias-suit.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist who helped direct early investments in Google and Amazon testified Tuesday in a high-profile sex discrimination lawsuit that his firm is not run by men.
John Doerr took the stand in San Francisco Superior Court in the lawsuit against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — ...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:59:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391184-venture-capitalist-testifies-silicon-valley-sex-bias-suit.html2015-03-03T18:59:00ZGame Developers Conference offers creators a sporting chancehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391474-game-developers-conference-offers-creators-sporting-chance.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With tens of millions of gamers now regularly spectating video games online and in real-world arenas, game developers looking to create the next "StarCraft" or "League of Legends" might learn a few lessons at this year's Game Developers Conference.
For the first time, the annual gathering of game creators that's usually centered on po...Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:16:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3391474-game-developers-conference-offers-creators-sporting-chance.html2015-03-03T16:16:00ZSilicon Valley shuttle drivers vote to unionizehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3387170-silicon-valley-shuttle-drivers-vote-to-unionize.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shuttle drivers who ferry tech workers between Silicon Valley and San Francisco have voted for union representation.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports (http://tinyurl.com/nf3ltp2) that drivers working for Compass Transportation voted 104-38 in favor of joining the Teamsters union Friday. They voted at secret polling booths set up at...Sun, 01 Mar 2015 00:42:21 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3387170-silicon-valley-shuttle-drivers-vote-to-unionize.html2015-03-01T00:42:21Z400-year-old books stolen in Italy are found in Californiahttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3380128-400-year-old-books-stolen-italy-california.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two stolen Italian books dating to the 17th century that were discovered in the San Francisco Bay Area and many other plundered ancient artifacts will be returned to their country of origin, federal officials say.
The books, "Stirpium Historiae" and "Rariorm Plantarum Historia Anno 1601," were taken from Italy's Historical National Li...Thu, 26 Feb 2015 21:13:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/3380128-400-year-old-books-stolen-italy-california.html2015-02-26T21:13:20ZA's begin baseball's mandatory domestic violence traininghttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3380020-as-baseballs-mandatory-domestic-violence-training.html
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Reliever Dan Otero spoke up, as did many others, with a question on the topic of domestic violence that has been at the forefront of professional sports following the NFL's recent troubles.
The Oakland Athletics started Thursday morning in a makeshift clubhouse classroom, among the first major league clubs to undergo mandatory domestic ...Thu, 26 Feb 2015 19:00:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3380020-as-baseballs-mandatory-domestic-violence-training.html2015-02-26T19:00:10ZManhattan Project physicist Ralph Nobles dies at 94http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3377168-manhattan-project-physicist-ralph-nobles-dies-94.html
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — Ralph Nobles, a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and later led efforts to save thousands of acres of San Francisco Bay wetlands from development, died following complications of pneumonia, according to his daughter. He was 94.
A Redwood City resident for half a century, Nobles died Friday at Kaiser Permanen...Wed, 25 Feb 2015 04:47:03 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3377168-manhattan-project-physicist-ralph-nobles-dies-94.html2015-02-25T04:47:03ZTrial begins in high-profile Silicon Valley sex bias casehttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3375072-trial-high-profile-silicon-valley-sex-bias-case.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawyer for a former junior partner suing a venture capital firm in a Silicon Valley sex bias suit contended Tuesday that his client was passed over for promotions because she was a woman and then fired after she complained.
In his opening trial statement, attorney Alan Exelrod described a male-dominated culture at Kleiner, Perkins, ...Wed, 25 Feb 2015 00:23:08 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3375072-trial-high-profile-silicon-valley-sex-bias-case.html2015-02-25T00:23:08ZWith deal, West Coast seaports tackle huge cargo backloghttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3371112-with-deal-west-coast-seaports-tackle-huge-cargo-backlog.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dockworkers along the West Coast began the monthslong task Saturday of clearing seaports of cargo that was caught up in a contract feud between their union and employers.
Parked off the Southern California coast is a flotilla of ships bulging with thousands of tractor-trailer sized containers that hold a shopper's delight of goods — whi...Sun, 22 Feb 2015 00:20:28 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3371112-with-deal-west-coast-seaports-tackle-huge-cargo-backlog.html2015-02-22T00:20:28ZLA mayoralty has been shaky launching pad for higher officehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3370878-la-mayoralty-shaky-launching-pad-higher-office.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — If former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa wants to be California's next U.S. senator, he's going to have to beat the jinx.
LA's City Hall has proved to be a political graveyard for a string of its former mayors, whose appeal at home didn't extend widely enough when they set their sights on statewide office. Former Mayor Tom Bradl...Sat, 21 Feb 2015 15:50:42 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3370878-la-mayoralty-shaky-launching-pad-higher-office.html2015-02-21T15:50:42ZFrench minister meets with Google, Facebook, Twitterhttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3369530-french-minister-meets-with-google-facebook-twitter.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The French interior minister said he asked Google, Facebook and Twitter to work directly with French officials during investigations and to immediately remove terrorist propaganda when authorities alert them to it.
"We emphasized that when an investigation is underway we don't want to go through the usual government to government chan...Sat, 21 Feb 2015 10:53:49 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3369530-french-minister-meets-with-google-facebook-twitter.html2015-02-21T10:53:49ZYouTube to release kids app to ease parents' worrieshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3369580-youtube-to-release-kids-app-to-ease-parents-worries.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube is going to release a mobile app that will only show video clips suitable for young children to help parents control what their kids are watching on the Internet.
The YouTube for Kids app, scheduled to be released for Android devices on Monday, features thousands of kid-focused channels that provide both entertainment and educ...Fri, 20 Feb 2015 20:30:37 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3369580-youtube-to-release-kids-app-to-ease-parents-worries.html2015-02-20T20:30:37ZMore sick sea lion pups washing up on California beacheshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3367462-sick-sea-lion-pups-washing-up-california-beaches.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Four times more sick and dying sea lion pups have gotten stranded on California beaches this year, and experts say unusually warm ocean water along the West Coast is to blame.
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday about 940 sick and starving young sea lions have washed up on California beach...Thu, 19 Feb 2015 23:11:29 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3367462-sick-sea-lion-pups-washing-up-california-beaches.html2015-02-19T23:11:29ZDeSoto cab company taking on name of mobile app Flywheelhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3365038-desoto-cab-company-taking-mobile-app-flywheel.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco taxi company is ditching its 82-year-old brand and renaming itself after a smartphone app in the latest sign of how mobile technology is changing the way people get a ride.
The transformation dumps DeSoto Cab's Depression-era identity in favor of Flywheel, an app that helps traditional taxis compete against increasingl...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:59:32 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3365038-desoto-cab-company-taking-mobile-app-flywheel.html2015-02-18T23:59:32ZSlaughterhouse owner pleads guilty in tainted beef casehttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3365148-slaughterhouse-owner-pleads-guilty-tainted-beef-case.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A co-owner of a Northern California slaughterhouse at the center of a massive recall has pleaded guilty to processing cattle with cancer for consumption.
Federal prosecutors said Wednesday that Jesse Amaral Jr., owner of the defunct Rancho Feeding Corp., acknowledged distributing adulterated, misbranded and uninspected meat. He's the ...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:41:38 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3365148-slaughterhouse-owner-pleads-guilty-tainted-beef-case.html2015-02-18T21:41:38ZAP sources: Barry Zito returning to A's on minor league dealhttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3362436-ap-sources-barry-zito-returning-to-as-minor-league-deal.html
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Left-hander Barry Zito is returning to the Oakland Athletics with a minor contract that includes an invitation to major league spring training, two people with knowledge of the agreement said Tuesday.
The people, speaking on condition of anonymity because the A's hadn't announced the signing, said Zito would receive a $1 million, on...Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:14:27 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3362436-ap-sources-barry-zito-returning-to-as-minor-league-deal.html2015-02-17T16:14:27ZPitchers and catchers report this week to spring traininghttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3361604-pitchers-catchers-report-this-week-to-spring-training.html
Washington's star-studded rotation reports to Florida. Matt Harvey continues his comeback with the New York Mets. Joe Maddon takes over the Chicago Cubs, and Russell Martin gets a closer look at Toronto's pitching staff.
While much of the Northeast and Midwest navigates bitter cold and piles of snow, spring training begins in earnest this week when pitche...Tue, 17 Feb 2015 08:15:06 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/3361604-pitchers-catchers-report-this-week-to-spring-training.html2015-02-17T08:15:06ZTop US labor official arrives as West Coast ports back uphttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3360918-top-us-labor-official-arrives-west-coast-ports-up.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation's top labor official flew Monday to California in an attempt to resolve a damaging contract dispute between West Coast dockworkers and their employers.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez arrived in San Francisco, where months-long negotiations between the dockworkers union and a maritime association of companies have come t...Tue, 17 Feb 2015 06:12:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3360918-top-us-labor-official-arrives-west-coast-ports-up.html2015-02-17T06:12:02ZObama spending long holiday weekend in Southern Californiahttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3357598-obama-spending-long-holiday-weekend-southern-california.html
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — President Barack Obama is spending the holiday weekend working on his golf game in Southern California.
Obama arrived in the desert resort area of Palm Springs on Saturday morning after a short flight from San Francisco and went straight to the golf course on the grounds of the Sunnylands retreat in nearby Rancho Mirage.
...Sun, 15 Feb 2015 04:50:48 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3357598-obama-spending-long-holiday-weekend-southern-california.html2015-02-15T04:50:48ZPortland considers smoking ban at city-owned golf courseshttp://www.mail.com/sports/other/3357758-portland-considers-smoking-ban-city-owned-golf-courses.html
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland is considering a tobacco ban in public parks that would extend to its five golf courses.
The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/3YmovV ) such a ban would be the first in Oregon. Other Oregon cities that have banned smoking in their parks have exempted public golf courses. "If they pass this, it's going to be everybo...Sat, 14 Feb 2015 19:53:51 GMThttp://www.mail.com/sports/other/3357758-portland-considers-smoking-ban-city-owned-golf-courses.html2015-02-14T19:53:51ZObama begins raising money for 2016 election cyclehttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3356840-obama-raising-money-2016-election-cycle.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With an eye on his legacy as the clock begins to run out on his presidency, President Barack Obama vowed Friday to "squeeze every last bit of change" out of his final two years.
Obama made the pledge at a Democratic Party fundraiser, his first of the 2016 election cycle as he begins the laborious process of raising the hundreds of mil...Sat, 14 Feb 2015 03:45:26 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/politics/3356840-obama-raising-money-2016-election-cycle.html2015-02-14T03:45:26ZJets remove plane from airspace restricted for Obama visithttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3356844-jets-remove-plane-airspace-restricted-obama-visit.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two fighter jets scrambled into sunny San Francisco skies Friday after a pilot wandered into airspace that had been temporarily restricted to protect a visiting President Barack Obama.
Obama is in the Bay Area for two days of fundraisers and a summit on cybersecurity. The North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a news release...Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:15:11 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3356844-jets-remove-plane-airspace-restricted-obama-visit.html2015-02-14T01:15:11ZChinese mobile sensation dips toes in US with accessorieshttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3354514-chinese-mobile-sensation-dips-toes-us-with-accessories.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Xiaomi, one of China's hottest companies, is bringing its blend of cheap yet fashionable technology and crowd-pleasing antics to the U.S.
Although its smartphones won't be available here anytime soon, Xiaomi unveiled plans Thursday to test the U.S. market by selling inexpensive headphones and other accessories online. It plans to hew ...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:10:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3354514-chinese-mobile-sensation-dips-toes-us-with-accessories.html2015-02-12T23:10:58ZCommuter with measles prompts California transit warninghttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3352790-commuter-with-measles-prompts-california-transit-warning.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in Northern California on Wednesday warned Bay Area Rapid Transit commuters that they may have been exposed to measles after an infected LinkedIn employee used the trains.
Contra Costa County public health officials say someone diagnosed with the disease rode BART trains between Lafayette and San Francisco during the morning...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 04:12:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3352790-commuter-with-measles-prompts-california-transit-warning.html2015-02-12T04:12:58ZPartial West Coast port shutdown looms; contract talks stallhttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3352362-partial-west-coast-port-shutdown-looms-contract-talks-stall.html
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Troubles on the West Coast waterfront are getting worse.
Amid an increasingly damaging labor dispute, 29 West Coast seaports which handle about $1 trillion of goods annually will be mostly closed four of the next five days. The announcement came Wednesday from the association representing companies that operate marine terminals where do...Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:25:39 GMThttp://www.mail.com/business/economy/3352362-partial-west-coast-port-shutdown-looms-contract-talks-stall.html2015-02-12T01:25:39ZSuit seeks to exempt physicians from assisted suicide lawhttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3352390-suit-seeks-to-exempt-physicians-assisted-suicide-law.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A cancer patient and five doctors filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to exempt physicians who help terminally ill patients end their lives from a California ban on assisted suicide.
Physicians who provide such assistance are not helping the patient commit suicide, but instead giving them the option of bringing about a peaceful death, a...Wed, 11 Feb 2015 23:52:40 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/health/3352390-suit-seeks-to-exempt-physicians-assisted-suicide-law.html2015-02-11T23:52:40ZHow do we find each other? Lots of ways _ friends can helphttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3351664-we-find-other-lots-ways-friends-help.html
Smitten by Nancy, Charlie chased her down at a charity walk. Lisa, landlocked in Florida, fell for Thomas as his ship crossed the Mediterranean, and agreed to marry him before meeting face-to-face. Ready to give up, Penny gave online dating one last try — and there was Ray "with a twinkle in his eye."
No two Valentine's stories are alike. Still, there's i...Wed, 11 Feb 2015 19:39:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/world/3351664-we-find-other-lots-ways-friends-help.html2015-02-11T19:39:50ZApple building big solar energy project in Californiahttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3350164-apple-building-big-solar-energy-project-california.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple will spend nearly $850 million on a solar energy project that will generate enough power for the computer giant's new corporate headquarters, retail stores and other operations in California.
The tech company will be the biggest single consumer of energy from the new solar facility. It is being constructed on 2,900 acres in rura...Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:01:59 GMThttp://www.mail.com/scitech/news/3350164-apple-building-big-solar-energy-project-california.html2015-02-11T00:01:59ZWater manager faces discipline for urinating in reservoirhttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3348258-water-manager-faces-discipline-urinating-reservoir.html
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A water manager is facing discipline after he was caught urinating in an empty reservoir that supplies drinking water for the San Francisco Bay Area.
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission spokesman Tyrone Jue said Monday that the agency confirmed anonymous complaints that maintenance planner Martin Sanchez had urinated in the 674-...Mon, 09 Feb 2015 21:38:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/news/us/3348258-water-manager-faces-discipline-urinating-reservoir.html2015-02-09T21:38:02Z